Plant Operations Supervisor
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable execution of production activities during your shift. You will provide leadership to a team of operators while driving a strong culture of safety, operational excellence, quality, and continuous improvement. As the operational leader on shift, you will play a key role in maintaining production performance, supporting employee development, and ensuring compliance with all safety, quality, and environmental standards.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead and supervise a team of process operators within the refinery.
- Promote and maintain a strong safety culture, ensuring full compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate daily production activities to achieve operational targets related to safety, quality, throughput, and efficiency.
- Monitor process performance and respond to operational deviations in a timely and effective manner.
- Support troubleshooting efforts and make operational decisions to maintain plant reliability and performance.
- Coach, develop, and engage team members to build capability and foster a high-performing work environment.
- Ensure effective shift handovers and accurate reporting of operational activities and key performance indicators.
- Collaborate closely with Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams.
- Lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, reliability, productivity, and cost optimization.
- Act as the primary point of contact and decision-maker for operational matters during the shift.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
- Languages: Dutch & English
- Ability and willingness to work in a continuous shift schedule.
Preferred Qualifications
- Several years of experience in a manufacturing or process industry environment.
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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